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JAMES n. FLAGG, or PERKINSVI'LLE, VERMONT. Letters .Pqtent No. 61,002, dated January 8, 1867; antedated December 22, 1866. i Y

IMPBOVED DEVICE FOR HANGING PAINT POTS T0 SIDES OIE BUILDNGS.

TO ALL WHOM ITMY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, JAMES H. FLAGG, of Perkinsville, in 'the county of Windsor, and State'of Vermont, have invented a new and improved Device for Hanging Paint Pots to Sides of Buildings and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will'enable others skilled. in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in whichf Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, `showing its application to use.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the lever. v

Figure 3 is a plan view of the forked brace.

Similarl letters of reference indicate like parts.-

My invention, is designed for holding a. paint pot upon the side of a clap-board building Whilst paintinglthe same; and it Aconsists in a device composed of two pieces, one being a lever and having studs upon one end, and the other a forked brace, which may be pivoted to the lever for sustaining it, as will be presently described.

'MA designates the lever this carries upon ope end studs, 'a a, andthe other is notched, as shown at b, to the` better hold the bailof the paintr pail. An eye, c, is 'made through this lever, at or near its centre, through which is to be placed the other part of the device, which is designated by the letter B. This part, which I term a forked brace, is merely a rod terminating in forked ends, d d, which latter are sharpened and bent slightly in a. forward direction. Holes e are made through' the rod B, and corresponding holes, e., through the sides of the eye in the Ilever A, so that by inserting a pin, through both parts, the two parts will be coupled together.

The series of holes, e, enables the brace to be raised or lowered in the eye as desired.

The device is used by placing the st'udson th'eend of the lever A, up against the overlapping edge ofa clap-board, and placing the two forked ends of the brace against-the side of the boards below, and starting all the points into the wood sufficiently-to prevent any of them slipping; the weight of the paint in the pail which is hung upon the other end of the lever A will keep the device in proper position.

The convenience of sucha device to a painter when employed painting clap-boafrd houses must be apparent.. It will be noticed that the paintpail can be hung in just theposition desired, and that its position can be changed as often as required.v v

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The lever A, and forked brace B, in combination with each other, in such manner as to provide a device, substantially such as and for the purpose herein shown and'described.

JAMES n. FLAGG.

,Witnessesz L. DAWLEY,

V. C. HEMENWAY. 

